Toilet article



Jan. 6, 1942. o mg JR 2,268,825

TOILET AR ICLE Filed Feb. 29, 1940 i v UN TED F ST Patented Jan. 6, 1942 TO ILET'ABTIOLE I ArthurFredrick Horning, Jr., Washington, D. 0.

Application February 29, 1940, Serial No. 321,557.

2 Claims.

This invention relates to toilet articles and has for its principal object to provide an attractive comb holder.

An important object of the present invention is to provide a toilet article of such convenience that it will be used on a ladys bureau or dressing table to receive the combs needed in preparation of her toilet and thus avoid having these combs lying about on the dressing table.

A particular object of the invention is to provide a comb holder providing a plurality of slots, at least one of which will be entirely free from end to end so as to receive a comb materially longer than the length of the holder. In keeping with this object of the invention the comb holder is formed to take up a small amount of space and by this configuration both at the top and at the ends to facilitate the reception of the several combs in the single holder.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a top plan view.

Figure 2 is a side elevation.

Figure 3 is an end view.

Altho combs frequently come nine inches or more long the comb holder of the present invention need be only a portion of that length and preferably will be sufiiciently short to take up very little room on the dressing table. Its width, likewise, need only be sufficient to provide for the two or more slots preferably at different elevations.

The comb holder may be made of a block of wood or other material or can be a thin shell of plastic material, preferably colored. The holder may rest directly upon the dressing table but I prefer to add a felt base such as ID or rounded knobs such as H, the latter being upholstery tacks if the body is made of wood or integral with the body if the holder is made of a shell of plastic.

The central portion of my holder consists in a pair of parallel ribs l4 and I5 having between them a space or slot I6 which receives a comb. The ribs l4 and [5 together form a torus which is curved and preferably arcuate at each end as indicated at H. The two ribs may be held apart in any desired manner but I prefer that they be made integral in which case the slot 16 will have a definite base l8 and this base preferably is rounded at the two ends coaxially with or parallel to the curve [1.

Spaced on either side of the torus are a pair of similar moldings each of which may be in the form of a cavetto 20 having on the side farthest from the torus an ornamental finish of any kind as for example the groove 2| and the side bead 22. The two cavettos are held in spaced relation with respect to the torus to provide on either side thereof a recess or slot 25, the bottom being formed by connecting means which in the preferred form is integral with all four of the ribs. In this case the two side slots will have a definite base ill which is at a lower elevation than the base [8 but like it preferably curves to the bottom 30 of the holder.

.As seen in Figure l, the elevations of the margins of the side slot, the center slot, the bead 22,

the substantially flat portion 3| of the cavettos and the upper margin of the torus are all parallel and when these are made arcuate as I prefer, all of these elevations are coaxial, having a center indicated by the dot 33. It will be noted from Figure 3 that the slots l6 and 25 are entirely free .end to end, thus permitting the holding of a comb which is longer than the length of the body. In general, the longest comb will be placed in the slot I6 and the side slots 25 will be used for combs of other sizes and different styles of teeth.

The configuration of my comb holder in its preferred form greatly facilitates reception of the combs and because of its formation this device will be used, whereas a simpler form of a mere block, having three parallel slots in it would never be used. By forming the two central ribs into a slotted torus it is extremely easy to locate the central slot [6 without looking at the holder, likewise because of the curve at the sides of the torus the auxiliary combs are readily guided into the side slots 25, which it will be noted have perpendicular sides throughout their entire extent. The groove in the cavettos which give those parts their name is also a utilitarian shape, the ornamental groove 2| having the function of indicating to the user that the comb has not yet landed in its slide but is caught on the very slight groove. The terms torus and cavettos are to be understood as having their ordinary meanings, namely, a torus is a molding having in its crosssection a convex semi-circle and a cavetto is a molding having in it, as its characteristic feature, a concave arcuate groove of not over curve. The finishing body 22 likewise has definite use in preventing a comb which has been deflected into the groove 2| by the cavetto groove from striking the dressing table top as would occur if the cavetto groove had no stop.

The curves of the bases of the three slots is to enable a comb to be placed in the holder from either side without care as the rounded ends of the slots will guide the comb into proper position.

In all of its modifications the parts of the comb holder are made waterproof and to facilitate cleaning where hair oils or other preparations are used this makes my device particularly useful in preventing the soiling of the dressing table cover or other linen thereon. Where the four parallel ribs are not integral but are connected together by rods, for example, these rods will be made of non-tarnishing material. I much prefer however to have the comb holder of a single unit of body, with or without the felt base or slight projecting legs or knobs.

What I claim is: 1. A comb holder comprising'a torus and a pair of cavettos spaced from'the torus on each side thereof by an amount greater than the thickness of the combs to be held, the torus having two parallel fiat sides below the characteristic top which is semi-circular in crosssection, the cavettos having flat sides parallel to the proximate sides of the central torus to provide a comb receiving slot on each side thereof.

2. The device of claim 1 in which the torus is centrally slotted longitudinally with the base of such slot at a higher elevation than the bases of the slots between the torus and the cavettos, the sides of said slot being parallel and spaced apart by an amount slightly greater than the thickness '7 15; of the comb to be held therein.

. -,-ARTHUR FREDRICK HORNING, JR. 

